Pamphlets in American History - Microforms

Location: Microfiche Cabinet 57

Scope:
"Beginning with Tom Paine's Common Sense, which altered the course of
early U. S. history, pamphlets have played a crucial role in American history.
Pamphlet literature has been the medium through which people have expressed
their opinions and feelings on contemporary affairs." (UMI Research Collections)

The
Pamphlets in American Historycollection, drawing much
from the American history pamphlets collection at the State
Historical Society of Wisconsin, is made up of five groups.
Pickler Memorial Library owns Group V which includes:
The Civil War, 1861-1865;
European War 1914-1918;
Mormons & Mormonism. Each pamphlet is listed in
Truman's Library Catalog.
The Civil War, 1861-1865 provides documents published
before, during, and after the conflict. Topics include such
issues as eyewitness accounts of battles, narratives of battles, and
many documents relating to the Confederate view of the war as well
as the assassination of President Lincoln. The
European War 1914-1918
includes material published before, during, and after the war.
Included in the topics covered are pre-war sentiment toward Great
Britain and Germany, accounts of battles, and discussions of
the duties of citizens in the United States during the war.
Mormons & Mormonism presents an overview of the
theological, intellectual, social and political history of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (UMI Research
collections)